SHAH ALAM: A notice had been sent to the Road Transport Department
(JPJ) asking it to dismantle the two Automated Enforcement System (AES)
cameras installed in Kajang.

State executive councillor Ronnie
Liu said the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) had told JPJ to remove the
cameras within 14 days, after which the council would dismantle the
structures itself.

“In the Local Government Act, any structure
built on land, regardless if it belongs to an individual, organisation
or government agency, must obtain a development order from the local
council,” he told reporters yesterday.

Liu said he did not have
the exact date of the notice sent to JPJ, but said neither JPJ, the AES
contractors nor the Transport Ministry had applied to MPKj to instal the
AES cameras.
At the Selangor Economic Action Council meeting
last week, the state government decided to reject the implementation of
AES in the state.

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said JPJ had failed to obtain permission from the local councils for the construction of the structures.

Meanwhile,
Liu said the state government had agreed to foot the bill for the
construction of the third Klang bridge instead of waiting for an
allocation from the Federal Government.

“The state has RM2.5bil
in reserves, and the Mentri Besar has agreed to set aside RM300mil to
build the third bridge to complement Jambatan Kota and Jambatan
Musaeddin.

“The bridge will be built by the Public Works Department (JKR) and the cost will be borne by the state,” he said.

The 2.5km bridge was initially proposed at a cost of RM230mil in March 2008.